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Travel History - Clues to Infectious Disease Diagnosis in a Traveler 
 • Where did you
Travel History - ... Clues to Infectious ... → Leptospirosis ... Interview #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis #Traveler
Ever had a #traveler come in to your clinic with #fever and you were not sure
Ever had a #traveler ... not sure what #infection ... then use your history-taking ... differentials #diagnosis ... #medicine #infectiousdisease
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
Fever in Returning Travelers ... Frequent Differential Diagnoses ... Medical History ... #differential #diagnosis ... #tropical #travel
Rodent-associated Bacterial infections: Leptospirosis, Rat-bite fever, Tularemia, Plague 

#rodent
#infections
#leptospirosis
#tularemia
#ratbitefever
#plague
#rats
#infectiousdisease
#fever
#differential
#diagnosis
#management
#treatment
#table
: Leptospirosis, ... #rodent #infections ... #leptospirosis ... plague #rats #infectiousdisease ... differential #diagnosis
Fever in the Returning Traveler - History
Exposure History:
 • Street foods / Local water: entenc fever,
- History Exposure ... History: • Street ... tattoos, piercings, injections ... schistosomiasis, leptospirosis ... #History #diagnosis
Fever in Returning Traveler - ABCDE Mnemonic
A - Adventure - Where did the patient travel? 
B
Fever in Returning Traveler ... E - Exposure History ... Ill Contacts Infectious ... ABCDE #Mnemonic #history ... #diagnosis #ABCs
Causes of Relative Bradycardia - Note the propensity for intracellular organisms.
Infectious: 
Legionella, Psittacosis, Q fever, Typhoid
Causes of Relative ... Infectious: Legionella ... Babesiosis, Malaria, Leptospirosis ... #differential #diagnosis ... #infectiousdiseases
Hypereosinophilia Different Diagnosis and Workup
Secondary causes are broad so start with a med review, the most
Workup Secondary causes ... the most common cause ... the US, helminth infections ... remember that travel ... history!
Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
most likely to cause ... It can also cause ... Reported cases associated ... Mycobacterium #diagnosis ... #differential #infectiousdiseases
"I MD SOAPS" Infectious Diseases Exposure History

I - Immunization - Vaccination status (age-appropriate, comorbidities, travel, etc)
M
"I MD SOAPS" Infectious ... comorbidities, travel ... P - Place - Travel ... #Mnemonic #InfectiousDiseases ... #Diagnosis